Inscribed (in plate, LL): PAINTED BY THOMAS COLE; (LR): ENGRAVED BY JAMES SMILLIE; (LC): THE VOYAGE OF LIFE--CHILDHOOD; (LC): . . . possession of Revd Gorham D. Abbott, Spingler Institute, New York. / "Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1855 by James Smillie in the Clerks Office of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York."; (LL): "Who shall preserve thee beautiful child? / Keep thee as thou art now / Bring thee a spirit undefiled / At God's pure throne to bow?; (LR): This world is but a bruised reed / And life grows early dim / Who shall be near thee in thy need ./ To lead thee up to Him? / He who himself was undefiled / With him we trust thee beautiful child." / Printed by H. Peters; (LL): PROOF